At 13:30 to 14:00, there was already comfortable and friendly gathering in the venue for the meeting. Cosmos TMC is very well known to its friendliness. Members are busy in preparing for the meeting; setting up the PC/Projector, making sure if all the rolet, akers were on time and welcoming guests.

Funny Skit

On 14:00 sharp, Yuka-san, Ayako-san and Seiken-san performed a Yoshimoto Enterprize-like funny skit to introduce a new role was introduced; a Reaction Counter in order to activate the meeting.

1st Speaker;

Yukimasa-san showed us a real-time demo on a new video conferencing software; ZOOM, which enables people in distance connected. He demonstrated a virtual TMC meeting with testimonies of the participants in the past. I truly felt that it is a perfect device for a TMC meeting for busy people.

2nd Speaker;

Miao-san spoke about her first Bungee Jumping. Her story was so realistic and I felt as if I were there at the jumping board with her. Her lesson was that there will be a way when we take a step forward with courage despite of any fear beforehand.

3rd Speaker;

Ryoko-san spoke about her challenge to change her behavior toward others. A little change we make shall cause the world surrounding us to be changed a bit by bit. I am always amazed that she does not use any note during her speech.

4th Speaker;

Yuka-san delivered a cute and interesting Rakugo-story. She used vocal variety to take on different personalities quite well. But I wonder why both the master and the servant thought that the toilet was the safest place to hide thing in the house.

Table Topics;

Shigetaka-san took the role right before the meeting to fill the vacancy. Thanks. His theme was the mind waiting for spring. Three speakers; Fuyo-san, a Guest (1st timer; Good try!!) , and Kento-san (a TM guest). Kento-san showed a good example of “Body speaks”.

Evaluation;

All the evaluators (Yasuo-san, Ken-san, Tamaho-san and Tsubasa-san) did a great job, telling both good points and suggestions for further improvements. Both Yasuo-san and Tamaho-san explained these points using the words used in the speeches, which are convincing.

After regular meeting, we welcomed Pathways guide TM Koji from Sendai and he made a presentation about Pathways, new educational program of Toastmasters.We learned a lot.

Next meeting on 17th February will be Club Speech Contest ！We will have totally 10 Contestants in English and Japanese.

Don’t miss the warm-hearted welcome from the members of Cosmos TMC when you visit one of these meetings!Written by General Evaluator TM Mineko

In this time we have "Pathways"'s Instruction from 4 pm. Pathways is the new educational program of toastmasters introduced in April. Don't miss it！

Access from JR:

Get off at IIDABASHI Station of JR Sobu Line. Visit the building just in front of the station.
(20 storeys. You can see a large signboard of 'RAMLA' mall on it from the platform.)
Take an elevator to the 10th floor.

Access by Subway:

Get off at IIDABASHI Station, which means the Y13, T06, N10 or E06 station on either Y, T, N or E Line. Take the B2b Exit, then an elevator to the 10th floor.

Although it was a very cold day, our meeting room was warm, full of friendly atmosphere.

We happily made up for role absences and the meeting was conducted very well by TMOD.Also there was a lot of laugher! We had a couple of motions to settle after the meeting but they were peacefully discussed and settled. I am so thankful for club officers who prepared for this business session!!

The Induction Ceremony for Fuyo was conducted by TM Yasuo. Fuyo’s membership was approved by the meeting.

Table-Topics Session:

TM Kunito conducted the session.

1. ‘What is your new year’s resolution?’ given to TM Maki

2. ‘What is your new year’s dream?’ given to TM Yukako

3. ‘What kind of animal do you want to keep as pet’ given to TM Miao

Speech Session: Three speeches were presented.

1. ‘Thought of the east and west’ given by TM Shigataka

Referring to the recorded sayings of Confucius and Jesus, he reminded us of the current worldwide chaos caused by the ignorant world leaders.

2. ‘Thank you!’ given by TM Momoyo

Using statistics, she inspired us of how rarely we use the phrase ‘thank you’ in our lives and how we complicate our human relationship by overlooking its use, which tend to occur more often as we get older.

3. ‘Next!’ given by TM Reiko (invited)

By her power of narrative, she described the hardship she had experienced in her English dialogues at her workplace to us. Her message reminded us of the challenge and opportunity we can find everywhere.

Evaluation of the speeches was given by:

1. TM Miao

2. TM Mineko

3. TM Mao

After the regular meeting, a ‘Speech Workshop’ was presented by TM Reiko (invited)

She explained us how she had organized her contest speech: structured three topics and subtopics that support each topic. She recommended us to write down speech in text and examine it well. She also referred to the use of narrative skill to do a double-take for the audience. Her talk was very informative. Thank you, Reiko-san.